Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-20
AN INTERESTING CASE.
A Daughter Brings Suit to Recover PROP
erty from a S.eD-Mather


erty from a Step-Mother.
Yesterday complaint was flied in De-
partment Two of the Superior Court by
Ida Pannock against her step-mother, Ann
McNamee, for s. 400 and costs of suit. T.
P. Ryan, of San Francisco, is counsel for
plaintiff. The complaint reads as follows
Austin S. Pannock and Ann Pannock. nee
Dorm, were husband and wife, and that the
plalntld was the issue of the marriage having
been born in l-5J; that Austin Pannock died IN
1s6u that the said Ann Paunock married one
Frank McNamee in 1861 that plaintiff mother
visited Ireland in 1866, bringing the defendant
to Folsom, where she lived with plaintiff s
mother until the death of plaintiffs mother in
that plaintiffs step-father left real and
personal property in this State. worth ;G0 900, a
large portion of which was plsiutiff7s mother
separate property; that SAID McNamee lett q
Will bequeathlng 10 plaintiffs step-mother, the
defendant here n, 800 and the no lead at
Folsom, 10 sister 8, 500, to brother Emmett
property valued at 5000; to stepsister. Annie
prof. erty worth about IS, coo ; to plaintiff 80 500
and residue t. heirs in Ireland.
That defendant went Immediately to Ireland
ana purchased the interest OF the heirs in the
estate, representing at the time that the estate
was worth but little, and induced the heirs TO
sell their interest at great sacrifice thereby
coming into possession of larger part of the
estate That during the probate proceedings OF
ooiN Coldttt lut ueleDuaLL WIS allowed SlDU
month for support OF my brother, sisters, the
plaintiff and herself; that notwithstanding this,
the defendant compelled sister of plaintiff to
pay I'D per month Tor three years for the latters
support, and the plaintiff $40 month for Two
years; that at the time of death of plaintiffs
step. father, she was student at st. GATHERINGS
Academy at Benicia; that she left said school
IN 1879, since which time she has constantly re-
sided with her step-mother at Folsom doing all
the ehamber-work; that on October 80 1854,
Patrick sullivan. the uncle Of defendant and
grand-uncle of plaintiff died, leaving a will be-
queathlDg TO the plaintiff IS 900; that defendant
petitioned to have will probaled; that con-
tests were filed by Mary Sullivan and James
sullivan, wife and son of deceased, against the
probation of the will; that plaintiffs step
mother, the defendant, prevented her from EN-.
ploying counsel to look after her interest saying
that she, the defendant, We uld protect the in
terests OF the plaintiff; that plaintiff consented,
relying on defendant good faith aud integrity;
that defendant, " it'll intent 10 fraud plaintiff
entered into Il contract and purchased all the
int est OF the Sulliv1ns to the estate Of Patrick
Sullivan; that the def ndaant caused pretended
efforts 10 be made in the interest of the plaintiff
with view TO defraud plaintiff of her rights
under the Will, that she might become possessor
of the en- ire estate; that said estate is worth
5000. that said defendant caused sd d will TO
be set aside, and defendant procured the whole
estate
For further cause for action, the plaintiff
AYERS that detendent is indebted to plaintiff
service rendered for the last eight years at the
rate of SIS per month, no part of which has been
paid
Wherefore. plaintiff asks judgment against
defendant for s. 400 and cost, and such further
relief Us may be just and equitable.